In a world full of danger, to be a potentially seeable object is to be constantly exposed to danger. Self-consciousness, then, may be the apprehensive awareness of oneself as potentially exposed to danger by the simple fact of being visible to others. The obvious defence against such a danger is to make oneself invisible in one way or another.
R. D. LaingChildren do not give up their innate imagination, curiosity, dreaminess easily. You have to love them to get them to do that.
R. D. Laing